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Portugal at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Portugal at the; 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	POR
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Portugal
Website	www.comiteparalimpicoportugal.pt (in Portuguese and English)
in London
Competitors	30 in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Inês Fernandes (opening); José Macedo (closing)
Medals; Ranked =63rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Portugal competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012.^[1] The Paralympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 30 competitors (22 men and 8 women) in 5 sports – athletics, boccia, equestrian, rowing and swimming.^[2]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3	4 September
Bronze	Lenine Cunha	Athletics	Men's long jump F20	4 September
Bronze	José Macedo	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3	8 September

Athlete(s)	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nuno Alves	1500 m T11	did not finish		—		did not advance
Nuno Alves	5000 m T11	—				16:06.28	5
Rodolfo Alves	100 m T12	11.91	3	did not advance
Rodolfo Alves	400 m T12	54.00	3	did not advance
Firmino Baptista	100 m T11	11.75	3 q	11.65	2	did not advance
Firmino Baptista	200 m T11	24.00	2 q	24.06	4	did not advance
Hugo Cavaco	200 m T13	24.22	6	—		did not advance
Hugo Cavaco	400 m T13	53.10	9	—		did not advance
Lenine Cunha	Long jump F20	—				6.95
Nelson Gonçalves	Discus throw F12	—				29.04	8
Nelson Gonçalves	Shot put F11–F12	—				9.74	18
Gabriel Macchi	Marathon T12	—				2:40.13	6
Joaquim Machado	Marathon T12	—				2:43.17	8
Ricardo Marques	Shot put F20	—				10.97	12
Jorge Pina	Marathon T12	—				Disqualified
Gabriel Potra	100 m T12	11.65	4	did not advance
Gabriel Potra	200 m T12	23.64	2	did not advance
Ricardo Vale	1500 m T11	4:31.77	11	—		did not advance
Ricardo Vale	5000 m T11	—				16:32.91	9
Rodolfo Alves Firmino Baptista Hugo Cavaco Gabriel Potra	4 × 100 m relay T11–T13	45.02	7	—		did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raquel Cerqueira	Long jump F20	—				4.58	6
Inês Fernandes	Shot put F20	—				11.84	4
Maria Fiuza	1500 m T12	—				5:21.75	8

Athlete	Event	Seeding	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	5th–8th playoffs	Semifinals	Final (Gold / Bronze)	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
João Paulo Fernandes	Mixed individual BC1	Bye		Leung (HKG) W 6–1	Aandalen (NOR) L 3–3	Kim (KOR) W 3–2 Zhang (CHN) W 3–2	did not advance		5
Fernando Ferreira	Mixed individual BC2	Bye	Cortez (ARG) W 5–4	Jeong (KOR) L 4–5	did not advance
Cristina Gonçalves		Bye	Bentley (GBR) W 4–1	Zhong (CHN) L 3–4	did not advance
Abilio Valente		Bye	Leahy (IRL) W 6–1	Martin Perez (ESP) W 3–3	Yan (CHN) L 5–7	Sohn (KOR) W 3–2 Yeung (HKG) W 4–1	did not advance		5
Armando Costa	Mixed individual BC3	Bye		Martins (BRA) W 11–1	Jeong (KOR) L 1–5	Polychronidis (GRE) L 1–4 Binte (SIN) L 2–2	did not advance		8
José Macedo		Bye		Gauthier (CAN) W 7–5	de Laender (BEL) W 4–1	—	Jeong (KOR) L 2–2	Kim (KOR) W 3–2
Luis Silva		Bye		Choi (KOR) L 1–10	did not advance
Domingos Vieira	Mixed individual BC4	Bye	—	Leung (HKG) L 0–10	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Pools		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final (Gold / Bronze)	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opponent Result	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves Abilio Valente	Mixed team BC1–2	Argentina (ARG) W 6–5 Great Britain (GBR) L 4–5	2	Japan (JPN) W 10–2	China (CHN) L 4–6	Great Britain (GBR) L 5–7	4
Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva	Mixed pairs BC3	Spain (ESP) W 7–0 Thailand (THA) W 5–1 Belgium (BEL) L 2–3	2	—	South Korea (KOR) W 4–3	Greece (GRE) L 1–4
Susana Barroso Domingos Vieira	Mixed pairs BC4	Brazil (BRA) L 0–10 Czech Republic (CZE) L 1–6 Hong Kong (HKG) L 1–7	4	did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Sara Duarte	Neapolitano Morella	Individual championship test Ib	66.261	9
		Individual freestyle test Ib	55.350	15
		Mixed team test Ib	68.364	7

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Filomena Franco	Women's single sculls	6:31.10	5 R	6:40.48	4 FB	6:48.54	10

Qualification legend: R = Repechage; FA = Final A (1st–6th places); FB = Final B (7th–12th places)

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simone Fragoso	Women's 50m butterfly S5	58.14	10	did not advance
	Women's 50m freestyle S5	44.49	7 Q	44.78	7
	Women's 100m freestyle S5	1:41.56	10	did not advance
David Grachat	Men's 50m freestyle S9	27.18	10	did not advance
	Men's 100m freestyle S9	58.80	9	did not advance
	Men's 400m freestyle S9	4:24.10 NR	5 Q	4:21.94 NR	6
	Men's 200m medley SM9	2:27.01	12	did not advance
João Martins	Men's 50m backstroke S1	—		1:38.96	4
Adriano Nascimento	Men's 100m breaststroke SB9	1:12.32	8 Q	1:11.87	6

Record legend: WR = World record; PR = Paralympic record; AR = Area record; NR = National record

^ "Portugal - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^ "Paralympic Athletes". Paralympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Inês Fernandes será porta-estandarte na cerimónia de abertura dos Jogos Paralímpicos Londres 2012" (in Portuguese). Paralympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 30 August 2012.